František Zdeněk Skuherský, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

František Zdeněk Skuherský

Czech conductor, music educator, composer, choirmaster and organist

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1830

Place of Birth: Opočno, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 19-Aug-1892

Profession: composer, conductor, organist, choir director, university teacher, music pedagogue

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About František Zdeněk Skuherský

  • František Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuherský (July 31, 1830 – August 19, 1892) was a Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician.Born in Opocno to František Alois Skuherský, the doctor of Duke Colloredo-Mansfeld and founder of the Opocno hospital.
  • He graduated from the Hradec Králové gymnasium and studied philosophy and shortly medicine at Charles University.
  • Also in Prague, he graduated from an organ school.
  • In music, especially composing, he paid attention since childhood.
  • He signed his first works in the pseudonym Opocensky.
  • After his studies, he made a living by teaching people music in their homes.
  • In the years 1854 to 1866 he was a theatre kapellmeister in Innsbruck and conductor of the town's singing choir, and later director of the University's cathedral.
  • During this time he composed six operas, some of which premiered at Innsbruck.
  • After the death of his wife, who gave him three children, he came back to Prague where in 1866 he became the director of a prominent organ school until he retired in 1890.
  • This school was attended by such famous composers as Leoš Janácek and Josef Bohuslav Foerster.
  • At the same time he worked as a regenschori at a Prague cathedral, a teacher of music theory at a Czech University, and continued studying and composing Church music to the end of his life.
  • He died in Ceské Budejovice where he is remembered by a street named after him.

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